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Buried in debt: Shan contract farmers’ future rocked by insecurity

By Pratch Rujivanarom December 30, 2020January 5, 2021

Apart from being a source of transboundary haze, poorly regulated contract farming is trapping the small farmers of Myanmar’s Shan State in a cycle of overwhelming debt, land dispossession and environmental degradation. 

The visual preservation of an early anti-dam struggle

By Prachatai December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

In 1992, an environmental struggle between local communities and the government began in Si Saket province of Northeast Thailand, when the government built the 17-meter-high Rasi Salai Irrigation Dam with little transparency or discussion with local villagers. Blocking the flow of the Mun River flooded a vast area of land that the villagers had utilised […]

Germany assists Thailand to ‘go green’

By December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Thailand agreed to adopt a circular economy and clean technology, as the country has environmental problems, especially with PM2.5, which need environmental friendly production to help reduce them.

Government nudge on Chiang Rai rail link

By December 20, 2020December 21, 2020

The planned double-track railway will run from Den Chai rail junction to Chiang Rai province, ending at the border town of Chiang Khong that stands on Mekong River bank facing Laos.

Thailand enforces strict laws to reduce smog in Bangkok and big cities

By Nantiya December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

The governors of Bangkok and nearby provinces would limit the time of construction, the use of vehicles in congested urban zones and the activities that would create smoke.

Southeast Asia braces for trash dump as China enacts waste import ban

By Nantiya December 13, 2020December 13, 2020

On January 1, China will no longer be accepting waste from other countries, with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia likely to feel the brunt of the new policy.

Thai govt threatens to veto new Lao dam

By Nantiya December 13, 2020December 13, 2020

“Iff we come to conclude that construction will have a damaging effect on the environment in Thailand, we will exercise our right as a member of the Mekong River Commission to stop the project.”

Waste-to-energy projects see official support, villager resistance

By Nantiya December 12, 2020December 13, 2020

Government enthusiasm is tempered by fierce opposition from some villagers who complain the construction sites of some WTE projects are too close to communities and water sources.

Amid hazy skies, need for reform is clear

By AvatarNantiya December 12, 2020December 13, 2020

We thought we could push the government to act on an arguably life-or-death issue. But we were fighting against a mammoth organisation with the inertia factor of a large glacier.

Thai protests slow transition to renewables

By Nantiya December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

Main problem is the country is “awash in excess electricity”. International norm is for electricity generation capacity to be about 115%, Thailand’s is around 140%.

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